visual amenity

Appeal: ‘Ugly’ billboard next to grade II* listed pub ‘completely unacceptable’

14.02.2020

An inspector has called a billboard opposite a historic pub in Camden that has allegedly been in place since 2006 ‘unnecessary and ugly', as well as rejecting the ‘completely unacceptable’ replacement...

Enforcement: Notice upheld against 'extreme example' of overgrown ivy

30.07.2019

Matt Moody

Cymru | enforcement notice | Planning Law | visual amenity

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a 'very overgrown' house in south Wales, ruling that its 'unkempt and abandoned appearance' was detrimental to the character of the area.

Appeals round-up: Whisky regulations justify distillery’s extended opening hours; ‘Agricultural machinery store’ is not an agricultural use

12.10.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 October-12 October, 2018

Appeal: Bronze statue of local businessman is ‘incongruous’

12.10.2018

Matt Moody

Community Infrastructure | London | retrospective permission | statue | visual amenity

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a bronze statue of a recently deceased local businessman in Paddington, calling it ‘discordant and incongruous’ despite its ‘high-...

Bob Champion Research and Education Building / Martin

Appeal: NHS sign would harm amenity of award-winning building

21.09.2018

Matt Moody

A plan to install a sign displaying the NHS logo on the front façade of a RIBA award-winning research building at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital has been rejected for harm to the building's ‘visual...

Appeals round-up: Noisy neighbour does not justify year-round Airbnb permission; Amateur radio mast would be 'unacceptably intrusive'

08.06.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 June-8 June, 2018

Appeal: Amateur radio mast would be ‘unacceptably intrusive’

08.06.2018

Matt Moody

East of England | Rural | visual amenity

An amateur radio hobbyist has been refused permission for a 10 metre retractable aerial mast in his garden, after an inspector decided that it would be visually incongruous in an edge-of-village location....

Appeal: Anti-pollution shroud would harm Baker Street amenity

21.03.2018

Matt Moody

advertisement | Heritage | London | Technology | visual amenity

Plans to conceal refurbishment works to a historic Marylebone building with a shroud that absorbs toxic molecules have been blocked after an inspector found that even a temporary nine-month permission would...

Appeal: 80ft digital screen screen refused despite comparisons with Stirling Prize winner

08.12.2017

Matt Moody

A proposal by Pimlico Plumbers to add a large LED screen to the exterior of its South London HQ has been refused, after an inspector ruled that that a similar screen at the nearby Newport Street Gallery did...

Appeal: ‘Brash’ commercial flags not comparable to national symbols

03.10.2017

Design | Heritage | London | visual amenity

Plans for two flags advertising a restaurant in an area of London known for banks and civic buildings have been refused, after an inspector ruled that the ‘brash’ proposal was not comparable to...

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